A US woman who shot and killed her husband and two adult children before taking her own life is thought to have committed the shocking crime as a result of being ostracised from the religion she was raised in.

A federal judge sentenced a former Arkansas judge Wednesday to five years in prison — a stiffer punishment than prosecutors recommended — after he admitted giving young male defendants lighter sentences in return for personal benefits that included sexual favours.

Every time I tell a mate I’m doing a story on cryptocurrency, they invariably ask me the same two questions: should they invest their own hard-earned money, and which cryptocurrency will get them a Lamborghini/yacht/island quickest?

In a 60 Minutes online exclusive, reporter Liz Hayes quizzed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his relationship with the unpredictable Twitter aficionado and US president Donald Trump ahead of their meeting at the White House Friday.

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Lionsgate argues de le Huerta signed away the rights to any further money when she agreed to receive $101,000 in workers compensation in 2014.

"If Lionsgate had any decency, they would finally do right by Ms de la Huerta. She lost years of her career and her life because of their lackadaisical attitude towards on-set safety," De la Huerta's lawyer Aaron Filler said.

A spokesman for Lionsgate refused to comment.

De la Huerta is best known for playing Lucy Danziger in HBO's Boardwalk Empire across two seasons.

She has in the past been romantically linked to Jack Nicholson and Orlando Bloom.